I am with Wmclean here - having been busy playing a silver-plated curved R1 sop since late June. I got it straight from RC company and had to pay a PAINFUL sum of Indonesian tax for it. But all of that pain disappears everytime I blow that baby!
The undetachable neck is a convenient; the keywork is smooth and modern; the build is rock-solid; the look is elegant (a bit glorious); but the sound is just AMAZING (dark, full, round, smokey). In the low register, it can be mistaken for an alto. And in the upper and altissimo, the sound is still thick and rich - not thin like some other sops.
Well, since the RC came to this Papa, my Yami YSS-62 has been sitting in its case. Maybe, I should not make her feel abandoned by taking her to a church gig this Sunday;-)
This horn was the demo curvy at RC's headquarter showroom in Quarna, Italy, before it became mine. And I just saw someone is selling his curvy, which was the demo at the IEAJ Show in 2005.